Hearing impaired callers who wish to speak to an Agency representative should contact the Federal Relay Service by visiting its website at http://www.federalrelay.us/tty, calling one of its toll free numbers and asking its Communications Assistant to call our toll free number at 1-866-667-NLRB.

Welcome to Region 21 of the National Labor Relations Board. We conduct elections, investigate charges of unfair labor practices, and protect the rights of workers to act together, service much of Southern California from our regional office in downtown Los Angeles and resident office in San Diego. If you have questions or wish to file a charge or petition for election, please visit one of our offices or call and ask for the Information Officer on duty. We can arrange to have someone speak with you in the language of your choice. We are also happy to provide speakers and materials to promote a greater understanding of the National Labor Relations Act.

SEEKING VOLUNTARY FIELD EXAMINER INTERNS

This Regional Office participates in the NLRB’s Volunteer Field Examiners Program for undergraduate and graduate students. The Volunteer FX interns assist in conducting unfair labor practice investigations, arranging representation elections, conducting elections and performing basic legal research. Volunteer Interns will work directly with agents and report to a supervisor who will guide them in handling case work and investigations. Interns may be briefed by senior officials from throughout the Region and Agency about the NLRB and the NLRA. Interns will be asked to produce written work products summarizing the results of investigations along with recommendations. The Agency will work closely with participating schools to ensure class credit where permitted or desired and will provide on-the-job training as well as training on the NLRB through live and video presentations of the Agency’s Summer Intern Program and regularly scheduled Board Agent training. Please click on the following link: Student Positions - Pathways and volunteer for more information.

News From the Region

The National Labor Relation Board’s (NLRB) Region 21 Office in Los Angeles will be relocating from their current offices at 888 South Figueroa Street to 312 N. Spring St., 10th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. In preparation for the move, the Region 21 Los Angeles office will be closed to the public on Friday, November 2 and Monday, November 5.

National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Richard F. Griffin, Jr. announced that he is considering a proposal to close the Agency’s office in San Diego, California. The Office of the General Counsel is inviting public comments on the proposal to realign Agency resources.

Washington, D.C. – National Labor Relations Board Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce and General Counsel Richard F. Griffin, Jr. announced that William B. Cowen has been named the new Regional Director for the Agency’s Region 21 Office in Los Angeles. In his new position, Mr. Cowen will be responsible for enforcing one of the nation’s primary labor laws covering private sector employees in Southern California.

Please join Regions 21 and 31 to learn about important changes to the Board’s representation case procedures.

On December 15, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) published in the Federal Register its Final Rule amending its representation-case procedures; the Final Rule will take effect on April 14, 2015.

The Regional Directors of Regions 21 and 31, along with their senior staff, will present important information about the implementation of the new procedures at this information session. Please feel free to share this invitation with others.

Richard F. Griffin, Jr., General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, today announced the appointment of Nathan M. Seidman as the Assistant to the Regional Director of the NLRB’s Regional Office in Los Angeles, CA (Region 21). In his new position, Mr. Seidman will assist Regional Director Olivia Garcia in the administration and enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act in the southern California area.

Hearing impaired callers who wish to speak to an Agency representative should contact the Federal Relay Service by visiting its website at http://www.federalrelay.us/tty, calling one of its toll free numbers and asking its Communications Assistant to call our toll free number at 1-866-667-NLRB.